Battery Point is a historic waterfront suburb in Hobart, Tasmania, known for its colonial-era cottages, narrow lanes, and close proximity to Salamanca Place. It sits just south of Hobart's CBD and is considered one of the city's most charming and well‑preserved neighborhoods.
Gayle and I were here doing our recent visit to Hobart. It was named after an 1818 gun battery built to defend Hobart, now Princes Park where we started our explorations. From there we walked into the neighborhood, featuring Georgian & Victorian architecture -- tightly clustered sandstone and weatherboard cottages dating back to the early 1800s. read more